Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
June 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1968 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, New York Mets 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Popovich ss 3 0 1 0
Gabrielson lf 3 0 0 0
  Savage ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Haller c 4 0 0 0
Fairly rf 3 1 1 1
  Boyer ph 1 0 0 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 2 0
Parker 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 1 0
Osteen p 3 0 1 0
  Purdin p 0 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 1 2 0
Linz 2b 4 1 3 0
Jones rf 4 2 1 0
Charles 3b 4 1 2 3
Grote c 3 0 0 0
Shamsky 1b 3 0 0 0
  Swoboda ph 1 0 1 2
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0
Buchek lf 3 0 0 0
Agee cf 3 0 0 0
Selma p 2 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Los Angeles 000 000 100–171
New York 002 000 03x–590
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  L (6-9) 7.2 7 4 2 0 1
  Purdin   0.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Brewer   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
2
1
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Selma  W (7-1) 7.1 6 1 1 2 4
  Jackson  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
8
  E–Bailey (6).  2B–New York Charles (5,off Osteen).  HR–Los Angeles Fairly (2,7th inning off Selma 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  CS–Harrelson (4,2nd base by Osteen/Haller).  U–Tony Venzon, Mel Steiner, Augie Donatelli.  T–2:10.  A–46,868.
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